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SWAT: On June 27, authorities issued a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (Glof) alert for the northern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Swat, warning that soaring temperatures were expected to accelerate snow and glacier melt across mountain valleys and increase the risk of flash flooding, landslides and sudden inundation downstream.
Authorities urged monitoring of vulnerable sites, evacuation preparedness and public awareness in communities living along rivers and streams.
For the residents of Swat, however, the warning did not sound theoretical.
It reopened memories of a crisis that has unfolded over more than a decade, one measured not only in damaged roads and collapsed bridges, but also in disrupted identities, broken landscapes and communities learning to live with uncertainty.
